Location : The Cottage, King Street
= Property demolished or site redeveloped
Notes:
Introduction
Used as ARP headquarters 1939-45; demolished after the war.
The Cottage is built mostly on sasine plot 185, with a little on plot 184.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.44117,-2.9385
View location on the 1855 6-inch map, the 1895 25-inch map, the 1914 25-inch map, the 1966-73 25-inch map, or a 1944-50 aerial photograph at the National Library of Scotland website.
Nearby properties (demolished in red): 1 Gowrie Street 3 Gowrie Street 5 Gowrie Street 7 Gowrie Street 9 Gowrie Street 11 Gowrie Street 13 Gowrie Street 15 Gowrie Street 17 Gowrie Street 19 Gowrie Street 21 Gowrie Street 23 Gowrie Street 25 Gowrie Street 27 Gowrie Street (former builder's yard, Gowrie Street) 1 King Street 2 King Street 3 King Street (formerly 4, police house, King Street) 5 King Street (formerly 6, police station, King Street) 7 King Street (formerly 8, police house, King Street) 9 King Street (formerly 10, King Street) formerly 11, King Street (formerly 12, King Street) 11 King Street (formerly 14, King Street) 15 King Street (formerly 16, King Street) 17 King Street 20 King Street St Fillans R C Church, 18, King Street 22 King Street 24 King Street 26 King Street 11a, King Street (former laundry, King Street) (Bakery, King Street) 1 Maryton 2 Maryton 3 Maryton 4 Maryton 5 Maryton 6 Maryton 7 Maryton 8 Maryton 9 Maryton 10 Maryton 11 Maryton 12 Maryton 13 Maryton 14 Maryton 15 Maryton 16 Maryton 17 Maryton 18 Maryton 19 Maryton 20 Maryton 21 Maryton 22 Maryton 23 Maryton 24 Maryton 1 Queen Street 3 Queen Street 5 Queen Street 7 Queen Street 9 Queen Street 11 Queen Street 13 Queen Street (Holly Cottages [west], Queen Street) (Holly Cottages [east], Queen Street) (former workshop, 40, Robert Street) (St Fillans Church, William Street)
Later use of the site : 16 Maryton 17 Maryton 18 Maryton 19 Maryton 20 Maryton 21 Maryton 22 Maryton 23 Maryton 24 Maryton (former 10 King Street) (former 16 King Street)
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Reference no.  171 (no transcripts on this site)
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
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House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
The Cottage |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 54 entries
Source | Entry | ||
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1939-40 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. Church ; h. The Cottage, King street | location 2 | |
1938-39 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. Church ; h. The Cottage, King street | location 2 | |
1937-38 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. Church ; h. The Cottage, King street | location 2 | |
1936-37 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. Church ; h. The Cottage, King street | location 2 | |
1935-36 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. Church ; h. The Cottage, King street | location 2 | |
1934-35 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. (Continuing) Church ; h., The Cottage, King street, East Newport | location 2 | |
1933-34 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. (Continuing) Church ; h. The Cottage, King street, East Newport | location 2 | |
1932-33 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. (Continuing) Church ; h. The Cottage, King street, East Newport | location 2 | |
1931-32 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. (Continuing) Church ; h. The Cottage, King street, East Newport | location 2 | |
1930-31 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. (Continuing) Church ; h. The Cottage, King street, East Newport | location 2 | |
1929-30 dir | Latto, John, King street, East Newport ? Trinity U.F. Church : Church-Officers. | location 2 | |
1929-30 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. Church ; h. The Cottage, King street, East Newport | location 2 | |
1928-29 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. Church ; h. The Cottage, King street, East Newport | location 2 | |
1928-29 dir | Latto, John, King street, East Newport : Newport Trinity U.F. Church : Church-Officers. | location 2 | |
1927-28 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. Church ; h. The Cottage, King street, East Newport | location 2 | |
1927-28 dir | Latto, John, King street, East Newport : Newport Trinity U.F. Church : Church-Officers. | location 2 | |
1926-27 dir | Latto, John, joiner, church-officer, Trinity U.F. Church ; h. The Cottage, King street, East Newport | location 2 | |
1926-27 dir | Latto, John, King street, East Newport - Trinity U.F. Church : Church-Officers. | location 2 | |
1925-26 dir | Latto, John, joiner, The Cottage, King street, East Newport | ||
1923-24 dir | Latto, John, joiner, The Cottage, King street, East Newport | ||
1922-23 dir | Latto, John, joiner, King street. East Newport | ||
1911-12 dir | Hampton, Miss, The Cottage, King street, East Newport | ||
1910-11 dir | Hampton, Miss, The Cottage, King street. East Newport | ||
1909-10 dir | Hampton, Miss, The Cottage, King street. East Newport | ||
1908-09 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street, East Newport | ||
1908 Tayside Annual | Hampton, Miss, King Street, E. | ||
1907-08 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street. East Newport | ||
1907 Tayside Annual | Hampton, Miss, King Street, E. | ||
1906-07 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street, East Newport | ||
1905-06 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street, East Newport | ||
1904-05 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street, East Newport | ||
1903-04 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street, East Newport | ||
1902-03 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street. East Newport | ||
1901-02 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street. East Newport | ||
1900-01 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street. East Newport | ||
1899-00 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street, East Newport | ||
1898-99 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street, East Newport | ||
1897-98 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street. East Newport | ||
1896-97 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street, East Newport | ||
1895-96 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street, East Newport | ||
1894-95 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street. East Newport | ||
1893-94 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street, East Newport | ||
1892-93 dir | Hampton, Miss, King street, East Newport | ||
1885-86 dir | Hampton, John, clerk, King street | ||
1882-83 dir | Hampton, John, clerk, King street, East Newport | ||
1880-81 dir | Hampton, John, clerk. King street, East Newport | ||
1878-79 dir | Hampton, John, clerk. King street. East Newport | ||
1877 Worrall dir | Hampton Mr. John, King st | ||
1876-77 dir | Hampton, John, clerk. King street, East Newport | ||
1874-75 dir | Hampton, John, clerk, King street, East Newport | ||
1871-72 dir | Hampton, John, clerk, King Street | ||
1869-70 dir | Hampton, John, clerk, King Street | ||
1866 Fife dir | Hampton, John, summer lodgings prop., E Newport | ||
1862 Fife dir | Hampton, John, summer lodgings prop., E Newport |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
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1900 Female Voters | Hampton, Margaret | King Street, Newport | Tenant of House | King Street | ||||||
1879-1880 Voters | Hampton, John | clerk | Easter Newport | |||||||
1878-1879 Voters | Hampton, John | clerk | Easter Newport | |||||||
1874 Voters | Edward, James | Dundee | ||||||||
1874 Voters | Hampton, John | clerk | ||||||||
1873 Voters | Edward, James | Dundee | ||||||||
1873 Voters | Hampton, John | clerk | ||||||||
1864-1865 Voters | 3 September 1857 | Landsman, Thomas | seaman, Easter Newport | proprietor | dwelling-houses, gardens, pertinents | Easter Newport | ||||
1862-1863 Voters | 3 September 1857 | Landsman, Thomas | seaman, Easter Newport | proprietor | dwelling-houses, gardens, pertinents | Easter Newport | ||||
1859 Election for Fife MP | Landsman, Thomas | Mr Wemyss (Liberal) | ||||||||
1857 Registration | Landsman, Thomas | seaman | East Newport | |||||||
1846-1862 Voters | 3 September 1857 | Landsman, Thomas | seaman, Easter Newport | proprietor | dwelling-houses, gardens, pertinents | Easter Newport | ||||
1844-1861 Voters | 3 September 1857 | Landsman, Thomas | seaman, Easter Newport | proprietor | dwelling houses, gardens & pertinents | Easter Newport |
Census records
Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
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1921 | King Street, Cottage | Latto | John | 5 | ||||
1911 | King Street, The Cottage | Hampdon | Margaret | 6 | ||||
1901 | King Street | Hampton | Margaret | 7 | View household | |||
1891 | King Street | Hampton | John | 7 | View household | |||
1881 | King Street | Proudfoot | Thomas | 2 | View household | |||
1881 | King Street | Hampton | John | 5 | View household | |||
1871 | King Street | Hampton | John | 7 | View household | |||
1861 | Hampton | John | 5 | View household | ||||
1851 | Landsman | Thomas | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 39 entries
Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
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1942-43 | 344 | House & Garden | Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport per S P Nicol, town chamberlain | empty (condemned) | 0 | View details | |||
1940-41 | 342 | House & Garden | Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport per S P Nicol, town chamberlain | empty (condemned) | 0 | View details | |||
1937-38 | 347 | House & Garden | Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport per S P Nicol, town chamberlain | empty | 17 | View details | |||
1935-36 | 342 | House & Garden | John T Young, Linwood | John Latto, joiner | 17 | View details | |||
1932-33 | 322 | House & Garden | John T Young, Linwood | John Latto, joiner | 17 | View details | |||
1930-31 | 317 | House & Garden | John T Young, motor engineer, Ashbrook | John Latto, joiner | 17 | View details | |||
1927-28 | 314 | House & Garden | John T Young, motor engineer, Ashbrook | John Latto, joiner | 17 | View details | |||
1925-26 | 299 | House & Garden | John T Young, motor engineer, Ashbrook | John Latto, joiner | same | 17 | View details | ||
1922-23 | 284 | House & Garden | John T Young, motor engineer | John Latto, joiner | same | 17 | View details | ||
1920-21 | 274 | House & Garden | John T Young, motor engineer, per Sturrock & Morrison, Dundee | John Latto, joiner | same | 17 | View details | ||
1917-18 | 273 | House & Garden | Charles C Duncan, solicitor, Dundee | John Latto, joiner | same | 16 | View details | ||
1915-16 | 271 | House & Garden | Charles C Duncan, solicitor, Dundee | John Latto, joiner | same | 17 | View details | ||
1912-13 | 439 | House & Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per David Duncan & Son, solicitors, Dundee | empty | 16 | View details | [should be King Street] | ||
1912-13 | 440 | Garden Ground | Trs of late John Hampton per David Duncan & Son, solicitors, Dundee | William Stark, fruiterer, Robert Street | same | 1-10-0 | View details | ||
1907-08 | 420 | House & Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1905-06 | 407 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1903-04 | 403 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1901-02 | 993 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1900-01 | 976 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1899-00 | 942 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1897-98 | 895 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1896-97 | 867 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1895-96 | 833 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1894-95 | 789 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1893-94 | 766 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1892-93 | 750 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1891-92 | 734 | House and Garden | Trs of late John Hampton per tenant | Miss Margaret Hampton | same | 16 | View details | ||
1890-91 | 687 | House and Garden | John Hampton, late clerk | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
1889-90 | 661 | House and Garden | John Hampton, late clerk | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
1885-86 | 624 | House and Garden | John Hampton, clerk | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
1881-82 | 516 | House and Garden | John Hampton, clerk | Said John Hampton | 16 | View details | |||
1878-79 | 492 | House and Garden | John Hampton, clerk | Said John Hampton | 18 | View details | |||
1875-76 | 379 | House and Garden | John Hampton, clerk | Said John Hampton | 20 | View details | |||
1871-72 | 342 | House and Garden | James Edward, merchant, Dundee | John Hampton, clerk | 13 | View details | |||
1867-68 | 351 | House and Garden | Thomas Landsman, seaman | John Hampton, clerk | 13 | View details | |||
1865-66 | 312 | House and Garden | Thomas Landsman, seaman | said John Hampton | John Hampton, clerk | 10 | View details | ||
1864-65 | 292 | House and Garden | Thomas Landsman, seaman | John Hampton, clerk | 10 | View details | |||
1860-61 | 245 | House and Garden | Thomas Landsman, seaman | John Hanton [Hampton], clerk | 10 | View details | |||
1855-56 | 151 | House and Garden | Thomas Lansman, seaman, Newport | said Thomas Lansman | 7-10-0 | View details | [could be 1860.245] |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
Plot: 185 view details | Maryton | lot 30 | 28 falls 32 ells | (Landsman / Hampton 2) | The Cottage, King St |
Sasine Abridgements:
Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
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1891.00407 | John Hampton to Trs | Trust disp & settl by John Hampton clerk residing King St, Newport containing disp to Trs for purposes therein mentioned of 2 pces grnd lying contiguous lots & dw ho t/on, pt of Seacraig being the 2 pieces of grnd in not instr 1876.00711 | 24 Apr 1891 | 184, 185 | |
1876.00711 | Thomas & Jenny Landsman to James Edward (1868) to John Hampton (1876) | Not Instr John Hampton, clerk, East Newport of (1) 28 falls 32 ells lot 30 of Marytown, : E Queen Street, : W King Street, pt of Seacraig; (2) 3 falls 35 ells grnd at NW corner of and pt of lot 29 & dw ho on said 2 pieces of grnd, on disp 1868 by Thomas Landsman seaman & his wife Jenny Taylor / Landsman to James Edward, flaxspinner, Dundee & disp 1876 by James Edward | 17 Jul 1876 | 184, 185 | |
1868.03193 | David Taylor loan repaid | David Taylor grants disch to Thomas Landsman seaman of bond & disp (£50) by Isabella Landsman & said Thomas Landsman & his spouse Janet Taylor (Dec 1850) & declares 27 falls 9 ells & 28 falls 32 ells grnd & ho etc in Marytown disburdened (see 1851.00048) | 3 Sep 1868 | 184, 185 | |
1865.00527 | Murdoch / Rawet loan repaid | Janet Rawet & spouse Peter Murdoch grant disch of bond & disp £67 by Isabella Landsman & Thomas Landsman, consent Janet / Jenny Taylor his spouse, & declare 2 pces grnd lying contiguous lots 29 & 30 of Marytown, 27 falls 9 ells & 28 falls 32 ells, disburdened (v5, 2752) | 29 Aug 1865 | 184, 185 | |
1851.00048 | loan by David Taylor | David Taylor gets bond & disp £50 by Isobella Landsman & Thomas Landsman & Janet Taylor his spouse over 27 falls 9 ells & 28 falls 32 ells grnd & dw ho etc t/on in Marytown | 24 Jan 1851 | 184, 185 | |
1850.02752 | loan by Janet Rawet / Murdoch & Peter Murdoch | Janet Rawet & Peter Murdoch her husband residing Easter Newport get bond & disp in fee & liferent for £67 by Isobel Landsman & Thomas Landsman, consent of Janet Tayler his spouse, over 2 pieces grnd lying contiguous lots 29 & 30 of Seacraig in Maryton 27 falls 9 ells & 28 falls 32 ells | 2 May 1850 | 184, 185 | |
1840.05129 | Tayfield to Isobel Landsman, then to Landsman & Hampton families | Isobel Landsman, Thomas Landsman, Janet (Jenny) Taylor his spouse, Janet (Jenny) Landsman spouse of John Hampton, & Andrew Hoggins & John Hampton & Isabella Hampton, children of said Jenny Landsman, seised liferent & fee 27 falls 9 ells & 28 falls 32 ells & ho etc t/on in Marytown - on feu ch by William Berry, Tayfield, consent said Thomas Landsman, to said Isobel Landsman 27 Mar 1840, & disp & assig by her, Sep 1840. | 12 Nov 1840 | 184, 185, 250 | sasine extract |
Abbreviations in the notes
t/on - thereon; t/p - turnpike; dw - dwelling; ho - house; pt - part; pce - piece; grnd - ground; bldg - building; Tr/Trs - Trustee/Trustees; dec - deceased; ... - words omitted; pol - poles; yd - square yards; : - bounded; rd - road; ' - feet; " - inches;
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